Chapter 730: Execute Song Ju, Annihilate the Entire Squad (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Within the Xiazhu Star Region, Lu Sheng and his two junior star lords flew at full speed toward Xu Jin's location.

But the sudden shock stunned him so thoroughly that he instantly halted his flight, staring at the collapsing, disintegrating light pillar in the heavens, his face flooded with horror.

"How did the Law River break?"

"What happened?"

"Did Master Qu meet with an accident?"

Almost simultaneously, Lu Sheng saw the light pillar marking Xu Jin's position vanish.

Shocked, he immediately sent a starlight message to Commander Qu Qu Shanze: 【Master Qu, what happened? Your Law River collapsed—are you alright?】

In the outer heavens, Commander Qu Qu Shanze, desperately stabilizing his injuries, wore an expression of furious disbelief.

This time, he suffered a massive blow.

Normally, even if he lost a battle outright, his Law Heavenly Road would never collapse this badly.

The main issue was that, while suppressing remotely with full force, his Law Heavenly Road was too far from him.

The loss was enormous: his Dao Embryo suffered severe backlash damage, and his life-bound suppressor emerged with countless cracks.

This grave injury would take half a year to heal.

And now they were asking him what happened!

But ultimately, to answer to the Bi Chu Xuan True Person's Mansion, he had to reply.

Later, he would use this as leverage to demand compensation from the Bi Chu Xuan True Person's Mansion.

Within the star region, Lu Sheng's Emperor Dongxuan Token flashed with starlight—a starlight message arrived.

As he stirred his spiritual sense to check it, his brow furrowed and alarm spiked: ahead, not far off, space rippled suddenly.

The two junior star lords beside him also shouted in warning: "Someone's coming—be careful!"

In the next instant, Xu Jin stepped out from the void.

Lu Sheng and the other two were utterly stunned.

Just seconds ago, Xu Jin's position marker had still been near the falling Law River—now…

In an instant, the three realized a terrifying possibility.

Could the Law River have been…

The moment Xu Jin stepped out, he smiled and bowed to Lu Sheng: "Are you Master Lu Sheng?"

Lu Sheng was dumbfounded; the two junior star lords beside him were equally stunned.

What kind of move is this?

One doesn't strike a smiling face—even if they're mortal enemies, if the opponent speaks first, refusing to reply would make Lu Sheng seem petty.

Of course, merely replying didn't mean he was careless.

On the contrary, because of Xu Jin's prior reputation and actions, the moment Xu Jin appeared, Lu Sheng and the other two junior star lords had reached peak alertness—their star force and spiritual essence were fully mobilized, their killing techniques poised to erupt.

But Xu Jin's greeting caused a slight hesitation.

"Yes, Xu…"

Lu Sheng instinctively bowed to Xu Jin, intending to ask whether the Law River had collapsed because of him—or whether the Yutang True Person's Mansion had summoned reinforcements.

The Yutang True Person's Mansion was weak in strength, but it was still possible they'd hired outside experts.

Yet the instant Lu Sheng bowed, Xu Jin's eyes flashed with dark light, instantly pulling Lu Sheng's spiritual essence into the Tai Xu Wen Xin Platform.

Inside the Tai Xu Wen Xin Platform, seven mirrors of emotion spun like a carousel; the platform extended thousands of starlight threads, countless emotional wheels appeared, trapping Lu Sheng's spiritual essence within.

Junior Tianyang Xingjun Lu Sheng instantly froze in Hong Daze.

Success!

Xu Jin sneered and moved—his Nine Heavens Thunder Lord Seal shot skyward, silver cosmic laws sweeping toward the other two junior star lords.

Lei Yu and the silver space-law heavenly river erupted together.

At the same moment, starlight shimmered down from the heavens; the myriad primordial starlight within his Can Dou Platform blazed to maximum intensity.

The two still didn't realize Lu Sheng had been ensnared—seeing Xu Jin attack, they weren't alarmed; they'd already prepared.

Starlight surged, cosmic laws and life-bound suppressors roared forth.

The junior star lord caught in Xu Jin's Lei Yu wore a cold expression.

Trying to trap a tenth-rank junior star lord with a ninth-rank star technique? That's pure fantasy.

He stirred his spiritual sense—the cosmic laws instantly surged toward Xu Jin's Lei Yu, aiming to shatter it in one blow and severely wound Xu Jin.

But at that exact moment, an indescribable cosmic power erupted—mountainous thunderclouds appeared from all directions, countless lightning bolts surged into Xu Jin's Nine Heavens Thunder Lord Seal, merging into the five-colored thunder crashing down from within.

The lightning, originally as thick as a thigh, instantly doubled in size—becoming as wide as a water barrel—and crashed directly onto the junior star lord's head.

His Law Heavenly Road shot up instantly.

Within his Law Heavenly Road, four law strands—two types of starlight—shielded his body and slammed fiercely into Xu Jin's descending thunder.

But the instant Xu Jin's thunder swelled, the junior star lord's expression changed!

In his perception, the Lei Yu's power had instantly doubled!

Doubled!

BOOM!

The lightning passed—the junior star lord's Law Heavenly Road shattered and collapsed instantly.

But the thunder poured like a celestial river, relentless and continuous.

In the next instant, his Law Heavenly Road shattered into fragments; his protective spiritual armor vaporized into blue smoke; his life-bound suppressor was severely wounded and recoiled back into his Dao Embryo.

The Five Phases Thunder Slash flashed—his head flew off.

On the other side, Xu Jin's eight star towers fused into one and exploded—the space-law heavenly road shattered the other junior star lord's Law Heavenly Road in an instant; his finger unleashed Star-Splitting Heaven, and his body began to crumble!

Both slain!

Xu Jin sneered.

The Lei Yu star technique was already extraordinary; with the enhancement of his Great World's life-bound star and the primordial stars of the Can Dou Platform, plus nine-tenths of the cosmic authority's boost, its power was so immense that even Xu Jin himself felt uneasy.

How could a tenth-rank junior star lord withstand it?

Previously, the Domain Lord Fang Fang Ziqing and the Military Lord Wei Song, both at the peak of ninth rank, had used their three-tenths of cosmic authority to fight tenth-rank junior star lords.

Xu Jin's combat power was stronger than theirs—and now he had nine-tenths of cosmic authority's boost.

As for the cosmic laws, the fusion of the eight star towers was even stronger than before.

Cosmic authority granted it only minimal enhancement—but even a tiny boost was enough.

Combined with Star-Splitting, one finger—instant kill!

The Dao Embryos of the two men flickered with terror, screaming in panic: "Master Lu! Save us!"

Xu Jin sneered again—Lu Sheng was still trapped in the Tai Xu Wen Xin Platform, barely saving himself—how could he possibly save them?

His gaze shifted—two bolts of lightning struck the Dao Embryos of the two precisely, sending up blue smoke as the Dao Embryos rapidly dissolved; he continuously activated the Erosion Lock Soul Technique.

Capture alive!

He collected even the shattered body fragments!

Two more excellent materials for refining Dao-Evolving Pearls.

These two were far stronger than the trio he'd slain earlier—Liu Liu Hongzhi and the others.

Each had cultivated four cosmic laws.

Having finished, Lu Sheng, still trapped in the Tai Xu Wen Xin Platform, remained sunk in illusion, unable to break free.

The aura of his Dao Embryo, standing within his body, had begun to fade.

The Tai Xu Wen Xin Platform couldn't kill directly yet—but the longer one was trapped, the heavier the spiritual essence damage.

In the next instant, he stirred his spiritual sense and unleashed the Five Phases Thunder Slash, empowered by cosmic authority—severing Lu Sheng's head in one blow.

The searing pain from outside snapped him awake—but even awake, he felt unreal.

BOOM!

Lei Guang struck his skull, shattering it—the Dao Embryo leapt out.

Only then did Lu Sheng fully comprehend—he'd escaped the illusion—and it was too late.

As he tried to activate his Law Heavenly Road with his Dao Embryo for counterattack, lightning struck his Dao Embryo, sending up blue smoke, making him shudder violently.

In less than a breath, his shattered body and spiritual essence were fully sealed.

In the next instant, Xu Jin stepped forward—vanished from the spot—and headed straight for another squad.

This was the nearest squad to Xu Jin.

The second and third squads were only a hundred li apart—rapid reinforcement was highly likely. So he struck the fourth squad first.

The fourth squad moved slowest—and in some ways, was the weakest overall.

When Xu Jin arrived, he repeated the same method.

In three breaths, he eliminated them all!

He spent another five breaths to fully capture and seal their Dao Embryos—for future refinement into Dao-Evolving Pearls.

"Next—the third squad!"

One step forward—Xu Jin appeared directly before the third squad.

At this moment, they'd just sensed the terrifying star-force explosion two hundred li behind them and were rushing back to aid the fourth squad.

They hadn't expected Xu Jin to already be standing before them.

His eyes flashed dark light—the squad leader instantly sank into the Tai Xu Wen Xin Platform.

Lei Yu and cosmic laws erupted again.

Four breaths later, Xu Jin had disposed of the two junior star lords—just as he sealed their Dao Embryos, he turned to eliminate the squad leader still trapped in the Tai Xu Wen Xin Platform.

But in the same instant, Xu Jin whirled around—two streaks of starlight were hurtling toward him.

Spatial ripples surfaced a kilometer to Xu Jin's left.

Without hesitation, Xu Jin pointed a finger toward the left side where the spatial ripples had emerged.

On the left, Song Ju, the former top pick of the Vanguard Corps ten years ago, had just stepped out of the void—but his expression instantly changed.

His threefold fused Dao principles surged forth in an instant, especially one silver Dao principle, which coiled around his chest like a silver shield.

The silver shield trembled violently several times; the starlight dimmed slightly. Song Ju's face paled, but he exhaled in relief.

The ambush had been blocked.

On the other side, the Nine Heavens Thunder Emperor Seal, fused entirely with the rolling thunderclouds overhead, instantly struck down a bolt of lightning as thick as a water barrel, reducing the captain of the Third Squad, trapped by the Grand Void Inquiring Platform, to blue smoke.

With full power unleashed, the man let out only a single scream—his Dao embryo had barely fled when the thunder, like a river falling from the Milky Way, turned him to ash.

He died on the spot!

Song Ju's face darkened; his long blade shot up instantly. Six Dao paths merged into his blade in an instant. One slash—its blade light seemed to cleave heaven and earth—came crashing down upon Xu Jin's head.

The sea of thunderclouds gathering in the sky was split cleanly in two by that single slash!

Spatial Dao paths instantly coiled before Xu Jin, forming layered spatial barriers. As the eight pavilions merged, the silver spatial Dao path shimmered like a blazing sun.

BOOM!

The blade light descended—and layer upon layer of silver starlight shattered!

Yet in the end, it failed to break Xu Jin's coiled silver spatial dragon.

It only sent Xu Jin reeling back a hundred meters.

The silver spatial dragon remained unharmed!

Song Ju's pupils shrank sharply—his expression changed instantly.

"My turn!"

Xu Jin sneered, stepped forward, vanished, and reappeared at Song Ju's other side—in that same instant, endless thunderclouds crashed down upon Song Ju.

Song Ju slashed like lightning. His blade not only scattered Xu Jin's thunderclouds, but also dimmed the starlight of the Nine Heavens Thunder Emperor Seal within the clouds, causing much of the gathered heavenly authority to dissipate.

Starlight flickered in the sky; the silver spatial dragon, empowered by multiple forces, surged toward Song Ju. At the same instant, the Dao embryo's sword essence flashed and shot forth, striking at Song Ju.

To Xu Jin's surprise, Song Ju's perception was extraordinarily sharp—he slashed without hesitation, his blade infused with powerful soul force, shattering Xu Jin's Dao embryo sword essence outright.

But he had left himself vulnerable to Xu Jin's silver spatial dragon.

As the eight star pavilions merged into one and merged with the Heaven-Earth Cloud Pavilion, preparing to detonate, two other Squad Leaders arrived from behind. One had drawn near—he roared, unleashed his full power, and his Dao path shot forth like a meteor, slamming straight at Xu Jin!

The Dao embryo moved instantly—its sword essence struck again.

The Squad Leader who had been fully attacking Xu Jin was struck dead center—his body froze in shock.

But the attack had already arrived. Xu Jin stepped forward, used spatial displacement to evade it—but lost his best chance to ambush Song Ju.

Song Ju slashed repeatedly. Xu Jin, without hesitation, used spatial displacement to reappear beside the other Squad Leader, and pointed—a Star-Shattering Finger. The Squad Leader's face turned pale with terror—he raised his full defenses.

But thunder already poured down from above.

Lei Yu!

With a single full-power strike, the Squad Leader's body shattered—his Dao embryo was grievously wounded.

But Song Ju's blade arrived in the same instant. Xu Jin barely managed to defend himself—he was slashed backward a thousand meters, blood gushing from his mouth.

He was badly injured!

Yet as he watched Song Ju charging after him, Xu Jin grinned. "Now, no one's interrupting us!"

Song Ju was stunned. When he arrived, one member of the Third Squad still lived—adding to them, four Squad Leaders had surrounded Xu Jin.

Yet in mere breaths, two Squad Leaders were dead, and one clearly suffered from a soul-star technique.

And this Dao Son, Xu Jin, was only wounded and bleeding!

How could he be this strong?

Four months ago, during the Dao Son selection, he thought one slash could kill this brat.

Only four months have passed.

Could it be?

At that same instant, Xu Jin pointed again—Star-Shattering Finger.

The familiar, terrifying sensation surged from his chest. Song Ju had no choice—he activated his spatial Dao principle to defend.

This technique was too dangerous!

Just as he blocked the Star-Shattering threat, thunder poured down from above.

Song Ju roared, his blade slicing through six Dao paths, cleaving through the thunder, splitting the clouds, and striking the Nine Heavens Thunder Emperor Seal directly.

The Nine Heavens Thunder Emperor Seal had already been wounded by a previous slash.

This strike shattered it completely—Song Ju's blade split Xu Jin's Nine Heavens Thunder Emperor Seal in two.

PUFF!

The backlash sent another gush of blood from Xu Jin's mouth.

But at the same moment, the silver spatial dragon surged again toward Song Ju.

As the eight star pavilions merged into one, they sank into the silver spatial dragon along with the Heaven-Earth Cloud Pavilion.

The silver spatial dragon erupted in blinding starlight.

As Song Ju raised his blade to strike, Xu Jin pointed again.

Star-Shattering!

But this time, Xu Jin channeled his full power into the exploding spatial Dao principle to unleash Star-Shattering.

The familiar threat surged in his chest—Song Ju once again summoned his evolved spatial Dao principle into a silver shield, guarding his vital core to suppress the Star-Shattering and break this technique.

He had done this successfully before.

Simultaneously, his blade drew upon the other five Dao paths, aiming to seize the opening and kill Xu Jin.

But in the next instant, Song Ju's face turned ashen.

The starlight sensation in his chest was more than twice as terrifying as before.

As he looked down, he saw the silver shield formed by his spatial Dao principle—protecting his core and suppressing the Star-Shattering—cracking apart, piece by piece.

He tried instantly to summon his other Dao paths to defend—but it was too late.

Only a thought passed.

The cracks in his chest spread rapidly—in an instant, his flesh shattered like jade, piece by piece.

His Dao embryo emerged—Song Ju's expression twisted with terror and disbelief.

BOOM!

The Five Elements Thunder Slash struck casually—Song Ju's Dao embryo began smoking, shrinking rapidly.

At the same instant, the Soul-Eating Star Seal surged forth.

Xu Jin finally exhaled in relief.

(End of Chapter)